L.A. Times Daily – Feb 23 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “Bee’s knees” equivalent |
CATSMEOW |
| “Peer Gynt Suite” dancer |
ANITRA |
| “Save me __” |
ASEAT |
| ’60s radical gp |
SDS |
| Abbr. for some Garden State senators |
DNJ |
| Actor Gibson |
MEL |
| Answer (for) |
ATONE |
| At an earlier date (OK) |
SOONER |
| Attach with string |
TIEON |
| Band equipment component |
AMP |
| Bashful |
SHY |
| Belgian city where the In Flanders Fields Museum is located |
YPRES |
| Below, poetically |
NEATH |
| Blemish |
MAR |
| Breathe |
RESPIRE |
| Byzantine or Roman (NY) |
EMPIRE |
| Change course suddenly |
VEER |
| Coeur d’__, Idaho |
ALENE |
| Colorful tropical fish |
TETRA |
| Composer’s creation |
SCORE |
| Course with ratios |
MATH |
| Curved moldings |
OGEES |
| Deliver a speech |
ORATE |
| Dog-__: folded at the corner |
EARED |
| Drawer openers |
KNOBS |
| Egg-shaped tomato |
ROMA |
| Fictional Korean War surgeon Pierce (IA) |
HAWKEYE |
| Genealogy diagram |
TREE |
| German cries |
ACHS |
| Gets the better of |
ONEUPS |
| Hockey legend Bobby et al |
ORRS |
| Indian metropolis |
DELHI |
| James of jazz |
ETTA |
| James of the Old West |
JESSE |
| Likely will, after “is” |
APTTO |
| Lit. collection |
ANTH |
| Loved ones |
DEARS |
| Many California wines |
NAPAS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Microwave beeper |
TIMER |
| Microwaved |
NUKED |
| Milk: Pref |
LACTO |
| Molecule part |
ATOM |
| More confident |
SURER |
| Motel charges |
RATES |
| One of the Musketeers |
ATHOS |
| One raising a hand (TN) |
VOLUNTEER |
| Paintbrush bristles material |
NYLON |
| Part of NBA: Abbr |
ASSN |
| Part of USDA: Abbr |
AGRIC |
| Pedro’s “I love you” |
TEAMO |
| Piled-high hairdo (UT) |
BEEHIVE |
| Pilot’s prediction: Abbr |
ETA |
| Playful trick |
ANTIC |
| Plumber’s piece |
PIPE |
| Puncture prefix |
ACU |
| Ranch group |
HERD |
| Seasonal gift giver |
SANTA |
| Seek divine intervention |
PRAY |
| Sermon giver: Abbr |
REV |
| Small talk |
IDLECHAT |
| Stomach problem |
ULCER |
| Suit on a board |
EXEC |
| Tennis period since 1968 |
OPENERA |
| Tic-tac-toe loser |
OXO |
| Tilt |
LEAN |
| Top grade |
APLUS |
| Tribulations |
ILLS |
| Trivial |
MERE |
| Video game pioneer |
ATARI |
| Washington MLB team |
NATS |
| Wedge-shaped arch piece (PA) |
KEYSTONE |
| What seven puzzle answers are with reference to abbreviations in their clues |
NICKNAMES |
| Window framework |
SASH |
| Winter outerwear |
COATS |
| Word in a fair forecast (FL) |
SUNSHINE |
| __ and kin |
KITH |